Brake-beam support



J. J. TATUM.

BRAKE BEAM SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8. I919.

Patented July 26, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. TATUM, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

- BRAKE-BEAM SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters .latent. Patented July 26, 1921.

Application filed March 8, 1919. Serial No. 281,487.

To all whom it ma'y concern:

l 3e it-known that 1, JOHN J. TATUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland, have invented a certain new and useful mprovement in Brake-Beam Supports, of which the following is a full,

.clear, and exact description, such as will principal object of my invention being to provide a relatively simple, inexpensive and efficient support for a brake beam and the shoes carried thereby and which will be effective in providing for the uniform wear of brake shoes, thereby materially lengthening the life or periods of service of the shoes 1 and consequently reducing the cost incident to replacement of worn shoes. Further objects of my invention are to provide a support which will eliminate the usual brake hangers and parts irectly associated therewith, thereby great y simplifying the brake riggmg and particularly the brake beam supporting means.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described, and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichigure 1 1s a. side elevational view of the I side frame of a truck, the same being pro vided with my improved brake beam support. p a

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a ortion of the truck, the side frame of whic is equipped with my improved support.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a practical embodiment of my invention, 10 designates a truck side frame, 11 the journal boxes associated therewith, 12 the wheel carrying axles, 13 the brake beams which maybe of any desired ty e and said beams car ing on their ends the usual heads 14 and s oes 15, the latter being adapted to directly engage the peripheries of the car wheels.

The truck side frame is provided on the lower portion of its innner face wlth 1nwardly projecting brackets 33, the same b6- -ranged in said slots.

easily and cheaply manufactured, is very eflicient in use, and materially decreases the number of parts necessary to properly support brake beams. 1

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of m improved brake beam support can be ma e and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of m invention, the scope of which is set fort in the appended claims.

claim:

1. The combination with a car truck frame and the brake beams associated therewith, of brackets projecting inwardly from the wheel pieces of the truck frame, which brackets are provided with openings adapted to receive brake heads, said brackets being provided with inclined slots, and bearing members carried by said brake heads and loosely arranged in said slots whereby the brake heads are free to move toward the wheels when the brakes are applied and to move awaycfrom the wheels by gravity when the brakes are released.

2. The combination with a car truck and the brake beams associated therewith, of

brackets projectin inwardly from the wheel pieces of the true frame, a pair of plates projecting from each bracket toward the adacent wheel, said lates being provided with inclined slots, bra e heads mounted between the airs of plates, and bearing members earned by the brake heads and oosely ar- 3. The combination with a brake beam and the brake heads thereon, of a brake beam support comprising brackets projecting inwardly from a truck side frame, said brackets and brake hea s having inte g l g parts, and connections between said brackets and brake heads whereby the latter have sliding engagement with 'sald brackets.

4. The combination with a brake beam and the brake heads thereon, of a support for said brake beam, which support comprises brackets projecting inwardl from a truck side frame, and said brac ets and brake heads having interengagin parts eonnected so as to permit the bra e heads to have sliding engagement with said brackets. 5. A support for a brake beam and the brake heads thereon, which support comprises brackets projecting inwardly froma truck side frame, said brackets and brake heads having interengaging arts, and means for maintaining the brake eads in sliding engagelrlnent with'said brackets.

6. e combination with a car truck and the brakefbeams associated therewith, of supports for "saidbrake beams, which sup ports comprise brackets projectinginwaa'dlyi from the side frames of the truck, and said brackets having interengaging slidi" connections with the brake heads carried fiy the brake-beam. I

7. The comb' "tion with caitruckand the brake beams associated therewith, of supports for said brake beams, which supports comprise brackets projectlng inward y from the side frames of the truck, said brackets havin interen 'ng slidin connections with the rake bri s carried y the brake beam, and means for retaining said brake heads in eng ement with said brackets.

.8. The com ination with a brake beam' and the brake heads thereon, of a support for said brake beam, which su port comprises brackets projecting inward from a' truck -'side frame, said brackets being bifurcated to receive the brake heads, and connections between said bifurcated brackets and brake heads which rmit said brake heads to slide upon said hi urcated brackets.

9. A support for a brake beam and the brake heads carried thereby, said support comprising brackets projecting inwardly from a truck side frame, said brackets bein bifurcated to receive the brake heads, an

means for maintaining the brake'heads in 50 sliding engagement with fiaid 1 v Inteatimony-whereof aflix my sigfiaturethis 3rd 'daj of March, 1919.

' JOHN J. 

